Example sentences of "'re paid for " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Ca n't you just do the work you 're paid for ? ’
2 ‘ That 's what you 're paid for , ’ reminded the overseer .
3 Go back to your duty , and remember what you 're paid for .
4 How we do it and the various other things we do are n't exactly what we 're paid for but they become part of the job .
5 They seem to be quite enjoying what they 're paid for ,
6 We have asked questions about clearing the grass up afterwards and we 're told that would probably be two or three times the amount in the contract and in the actual , at the end of the day you get what you 're paid for , you get what you pay for , and if you do n't provide the resources or you ca n't provide the resources , I should say , then obviously you 've got ta make do with second best .
7 We are elected by the public to do a job and we should n't be ashamed of the amount of money that we 're paid for it , and what I would say is , that no manifesto in May 's election said we were going to come here and vote for more money for members , nobody put on their leaflets , vote for me and I will raise members allowances by five percent in the coming year , I did n't and I wo n't support that , and you will argue , perhaps some of you that that 's not really what we 're doing , but it look 's like it , does n't it ?
8 well the slight adjustment so to get it , get it right , that 's what you 're paid for and he 's , that 's where he was , that 's where he was brought up in the trade , and he could take a piece of cloth in his hands , he had rolls of cloth , and he said that was made such a way , the quality of this cloth is because and that
9 Two years ago , such farms were told to be self-sustaining , self- financing , many state subsidies were withdrawn , yet here today they 're still working to a central plan which dictates how much they produce and how much they 're paid for it , so decades of mismanagement are compounded by a lack of funds .
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